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50 free Borussia Dortmund trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Borussia Dortmund were founded on 19 December 1909 by eighteen young men in the back room of a pub called Zum Wildschütz, with the parish priest blocked at the door and the club name borrowed from a local beer. From that start came eight German championships, the 1966 Cup Winners' Cup, the 1997 Champions League won in Bayern's own stadium, and the biggest home crowds in world football in front of the Yellow Wall. This quiz covers the founders and their first blue-and-white kit, the three Alfredos of the 1950s, the first ever Bundesliga goal, the Westfalenstadion that Cologne's World Cup money paid for, Hitzfeld and Sammer, Riedle and Ricken in Munich, the stock-market flotation, the near-bankruptcy of 2005, Klopp's record 81 points and the 5-2 cup final, Wembley 2013, the Monaco night, Tuchel, Favre, Terzic, Bellingham's fee, the Rheinmetall row, Moukoko's records and the 12-0 nobody wants to remember. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for the pub.
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Q 01In what year was Borussia Dortmund founded?
1909
Eighteen young men formed it in a pub after falling out with a church youth group.
Q 02In which Dortmund pub was the club founded?
Zum Wildschütz
The parish priest was blocked at the door when he tried to break up the meeting.
Q 03Where did the name 'Borussia' actually come from?
A local beer
It is Latin for Prussia, but the founders borrowed it from the Borussia brewery's beer.
Q 04What colours did the team wear when it first started playing?
Blue and white stripes with a red sash
Black and yellow did not appear until 1913.
Q 05Which club is Dortmund's opponent in the Revierderby?
Schalke 04
The rivalry with the Gelsenkirchen side intensified in the 1930s, when Schalke dominated.
Q 06Whom did Dortmund beat 4–2 to win their first national title in 1956?
Karlsruher SC
They retained it the next year against Hamburg.
Q 07The 1950s heroes Preißler, Kelbassa and Niepieklo were known collectively as what?
The three Alfredos
Alfred Preißler remains the club's record scorer with 177 goals.
Q 08Which Dortmund player scored the first ever Bundesliga goal in 1963?
Friedhelm Konietzka
It came a minute in, but Werder Bremen won the match 3–2.
Q 09Which English club did Dortmund beat 2–1 in the 1966 Cup Winners' Cup final?
Liverpool
Held and Libuda scored in extra time for the first European trophy won by a German club.
Q 10The Westfalenstadion was funded with money earmarked for which city's 1974 World Cup ground?
Cologne
Cologne withdrew as a 1974 host and the federal funds were reallocated.
Q 11Which club did Dortmund beat in a third decisive playoff to avoid relegation in 1986?
Fortuna Köln
They had finished the regular season 16th.
Q 12Who was the manager who won the 1989 DFB-Pokal, his first trophy?
Horst Köppel
Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 4–1 and then won the Supercup against Bayern.
Q 13Who beat Dortmund 6–1 on aggregate in the 1993 UEFA Cup final?
Juventus
The DM25 million in prize money funded the signings that won the titles of the mid-1990s.
Q 14Which captain, the 1996 European Footballer of the Year, led the 1995 and 1996 title wins?
Q 21Which rival lent Dortmund €2 million in 2003 to help pay wages?
Bayern Munich
By 2005 the club was near bankruptcy and its shares had lost over 80% of their value.
Q 22What was the Westfalenstadion renamed in 2006 to help reduce debt?
Signal Iduna Park
UEFA and FIFA events still call it BVB Stadion Dortmund.
Q 23Whom did Jürgen Klopp replace as Dortmund manager in 2008?
Thomas Doll
The club had just finished 13th but reached the cup final.
Q 24How many points did Klopp's 2011–12 champions collect, then a Bundesliga record?
Matthias Sammer
He later became the first person to win the Bundesliga with Dortmund as player and manager.
Q 15In which stadium did Dortmund win the 1997 Champions League final?
The Olympiastadion, Munich
They beat holders Juventus 3–1 on Bayern's home ground.
Q 16Who scored Dortmund's first two goals in the 1997 Champions League final?
Karl-Heinz Riedle
The second was a bullet header from a corner.
Q 17How long after coming on did Lars Ricken chip Peruzzi for the third goal in 1997?
16 seconds
It was his first touch, from over 20 yards, and he was Dortmund-born and 20 years old.
Q 18Which Brazilian club did Dortmund beat 2–0 in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup?
Cruzeiro
They became the second German winners, after Bayern in 1976.
Q 19What distinction did Dortmund gain in October 2000?
First publicly traded German club
They remain the only sports club listed on the German stock market.
Q 20Which Dutch club beat Dortmund in the 2002 UEFA Cup final?
Feyenoord
The same season Sammer's side pipped Leverkusen to the league title on the final day.
81
Bayern beat it with 91 the following season.
Q 25By what score did Dortmund beat Bayern in the 2012 DFB-Pokal final for a first double?
5–2
The club was voted German Team of the Year.
Q 26Why does Dortmund wear two stars above its crest?
For five Bundesliga titles
The 2012 title was the fifth Bundesliga and eighth German championship overall.
Q 27Whom did Dortmund beat 4–1 at home in the 2013 Champions League semi-final first leg?
Real Madrid
They lost the away leg 2–0 but went through to Wembley.
Q 28Where was the 2013 all-German Champions League final that Dortmund lost 2–1?
Wembley Stadium
It was the first all-German final in the competition's history.
Q 29Who replaced Jürgen Klopp when he left after seven years in 2015?
Thomas Tuchel
Klopp's final season ended seventh after a winter spent near the bottom.
Q 30Whose late goal at Anfield put Dortmund out of the 2016 Europa League 5–4 on aggregate?
Dejan Lovren
The comeback was masterminded by a certain Jürgen Klopp.